December 8, 2005
Coverville 154: The Tom Waits Cover Story
Happy Birthday to Tom Waits, one day late. As a tribute, we'll focus on the work of this amazing storyteller and prolific and magical songwriter. Here's what you'll hear:
| Title (with link to iTunes, if available) | Artist | Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available) | Original Artist |
| Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (live) | Tom Waits | (live track) | James Brown |
| I Don't Want To Grow Up | Petra Haden and Bill Frisell | Petra Haden & Bill Frisell | Tom Waits |
| Rosie | The Wandering Sons | Live at the Flicker Theatre | Tom Waits |
| (Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night | Shawn Colvin | Cover Girl | Tom Waits |
| Ice Cream Man | Screamin' Jay Hawkins | Best of the Bizarre Sessions: 1990-1994 | Tom Waits |
| Downtown Train | Everything But The Girl | Acoustic | Tom Waits |
| Johnsberg Illinois | Jason Falkner | Everyone Says It's On | Tom Waits |
| Ruby's Arms | Frente! | Step Right Up: Tribute to Tom Waits | Tom Waits |
| I Don't Wanna Grow Up | Eddie Spaghetti | Old No. 2 | Tom Waits |
| Somewhere (from West Side Story) | Tom Waits | Asylum Years | Bernstein/Sondheim |
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Posted by bibbott at December 8, 2005 9:02 PM
First time comment -
Thank you!
Tom Waits (of the musical Holy Trinity with Dylan and Van Morrison) is the unknown genius of contemporary music.
Their styles cannot be "covered" (Listen to the Lion anyone?) but the attempt and tribute in doing so is delicious to drink in. I will relish this lineup for a long time.
Posted by: Shrike at December 9, 2005 7:36 AMHaven't listened to the show yet (it's still downloading), but I'm surprised there's nothing from Holly Cole's excellent album Temptation, which is entirely comprised of Waits covers.
Posted by: Dave at December 9, 2005 12:16 PMYou're my last hope. I'm trying to track down where I can find (on what album) the Save Ferris covers of "Christmas Wrapping" and "Father Christmas". I can find a ton of places that tell me they exist but none that tell me where.
Posted by: Julie at December 10, 2005 9:47 AMI've been a long time listener to your show.
It was only a matter of time before you did a Tom Waits only show.
Granted you can't fit all of the great Tom Waits covers into one show but I've come up with a list of additional covers that I personally would've used.
http://delicategeniusblog.com/?p=94
Keep up the great work.
-dg
Posted by: Delicate Genius at December 10, 2005 7:17 PMOh sure, everyone's got their favorite Tom Waits covers... Actually, it was my evil plan all along to put this show together so I could get a few suggestions on what to include in the Tom Waits Cover Story Volume II!
Keep em coming!
Brian
Posted by: Brian at December 12, 2005 12:04 PMWow, this cover of Downtown Train is amazing. Thanks for including it!
Posted by: Marsha at December 12, 2005 1:05 PMMore suggestions here
http://eyeballkid.blogspot.com/2005/12/coverville.html
-dg
Posted by: Delicate Genius at December 15, 2005 6:34 AMBrian,
A little late (catching up on my listening during the busy holiday season), but thanks for the acoustic "Downtown Train". I was surprised some time ago to find that it was originally a Tom Waits song. There's another fine cover of it by Patty Smyth on her Greatest Hits CD, too. Definitely a great song with many nice interpretations.
Ron
Posted by: Ron at December 19, 2005 11:20 PMWell if you're soliciting suggestions for the next Tom Waits cover story, I've gotta give a shout out to the ol' hometown.
How about "Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis?"
I know Neko Case covered it, but I personally like Kacey Jones' version.
~Sharon
Posted by: HellZiggy at December 20, 2005 11:56 PM